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Betty Botter
66 wordsBetty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter; If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter; But a bit of better butter Will but make my batter better.” So she bought a bit of butter Better than the bitter butter, And made her bitter batter better. So it was better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter.
/b//ɪ//ɛ//æ//ʌ/
Sift the Thistles
12 wordsFill the sieve with thistles, then sift the thistles in the sieve.
/s//θ//f/
The Fish-Sauce Shop
16 wordsShe stood at the door of Mrs. Smith’s fish-sauce shop in the Strand welcoming him in.
/s//ʃ//θ/